Poetry @ DAX: Lisa Gorton & Peter Rose

We are delighted to invite you to our second and final poetry evening of 2026, featuring readings by Lisa Gorton and Peter Rose.

Event: Poetry @ DAX, featuring Lisa Gorton and Peter Rose

Date: Thursday 26 November 2026

Time: 6-8pm

Location: The Dax Centre, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville

Seating will be available. This is a free event. RSVP is preferred. 

The Dax Centre are the custodians of the Cunningham Dax Poetry Collection, managed by Dr Jennifer Harrison, which encompasses an extensive selection of poetry by people with a lived experience of mental health conditions. The Dax Centre is excited to host this poetry reading to further our commitment to preserving the legacy of poets with lived mental health experience. 

The evening will feature readings by:

Lisa Gorton

Peter Rose

About the poets

Lisa Gorton

Lisa writes poetry, fiction and essays. She wrote her doctorate at Oxford University on the poetry and prose of John Donne. Her awards include the Prime Minister's Prize for Fiction, the Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry, the Philip Hodgins Medal and the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize. Lisa's fifth poetry collection Mirror Landscape: New and Selected Poems was published by Giramondo in May this year.

Peter Rose

Peter Rose is a poet, novelist, memoirist, playwright and critic. Since 1990 he has published seven poetry collections, most recently Attention, Please! (Pitt Street Poetry, 2025). His family memoir, Rose Boys (2001), won the National Biography Award. Rose also writes and performs short plays in the absurdist tradition with the Highly Strung Players.


Accessing the Gallery

 
The Dax Centre is situated on the ground floor of the Kenneth Myer Building at 30 Royal Parade on the University of Melbourne Parkville campus. 

The Dax Centre is wheelchair accessible and has accessible toilets. 

The Dax Centre is on of Royal Parade, near Grattan Street. Metered parking is available on Royal Parade. Paid parking will be available for the event underneath the Kenneth Myer Building. Gallery patrons are able to access the Kenneth Myer Building carpark, please ignore the signage that says No Public Parking if you are visiting the gallery. 

Car drop offs can be made out the front of the Kenneth Myer Building, with ramp access through to The Dax Centre via the side or front entrance of the building.

The Kenneth Myer Building has underground parking with fees of $26 for four hours or $39 all day to midnight. There are accessible car parks in the underground carpark, with lift access to The Dax Centre on the ground floor.

The Dax Centre is a two-minute walk from the new Parkville station, which is part of the Metro Tunnel.

Please enter The Dax Centre from Genetics Lane. You access Genetic Lane from Royal Parade, walk down Genetics Lane (alongside the Kenneth Myer Building away) and you will find The Dax Centre entry on your right. 

Contact us

Please get in touch with The Dax Centre team with any inquiries at inbox@daxcentre.org or call on 
+61 3 9349 2538. 

Go to our website for more details: Home - The Dax Centre